The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 4Ingram, Cooke, 1854 |
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... fool are two hard things to hit ; For true no - meaning puzzles more than wit . But what are these to great Atossa's ... fools , Yet is , whate'er she hates and ridicules . No thought advances , but her eddy brain Whisks it about , and ...
... fool are two hard things to hit ; For true no - meaning puzzles more than wit . But what are these to great Atossa's ... fools , Yet is , whate'er she hates and ridicules . No thought advances , but her eddy brain Whisks it about , and ...
Page 26
... fool much time has ever made . From loveless youth to unrespected age , 125 No passion gratified , except her rage , So much the fury still outran the wit , The pleasure miss'd her , and the scandal hit . Who breaks with her , provokes ...
... fool much time has ever made . From loveless youth to unrespected age , 125 No passion gratified , except her rage , So much the fury still outran the wit , The pleasure miss'd her , and the scandal hit . Who breaks with her , provokes ...
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... fools : Reserve with frankness , art with truth allied , Courage with softness , modesty with pride ; Fix'd principles , with fancy ever new ; Shakes all together , and produces - you ! 280 Be this a woman's fame ; with this unblest ...
... fools : Reserve with frankness , art with truth allied , Courage with softness , modesty with pride ; Fix'd principles , with fancy ever new ; Shakes all together , and produces - you ! 280 Be this a woman's fame ; with this unblest ...
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... fools in play , For some to heap , and some to throw away . But I , who think more highly of our kind , ( And ... fool , the mad , the vain , the evil , To Ward , to Waters , Chartres , and the Devil.2 20 2 John Ward , of Hackney ...
... fools in play , For some to heap , and some to throw away . But I , who think more highly of our kind , ( And ... fool , the mad , the vain , the evil , To Ward , to Waters , Chartres , and the Devil.2 20 2 John Ward , of Hackney ...
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... fool : 15 101 " God cannot love ( says Blunt , with tearless eyes ) The wretch he starves " -and piously denies : But the good bishop , with a meeker air , Admits , and leaves them , Providence's care . 105 these means he was worth a ...
... fool : 15 101 " God cannot love ( says Blunt , with tearless eyes ) The wretch he starves " -and piously denies : But the good bishop , with a meeker air , Admits , and leaves them , Providence's care . 105 these means he was worth a ...
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